"Looks like we've made it. There's the sign." Alexis says as she and Ellie stop near a sign that has Hillcrest on it.
"Good. Okay Hillcrest. This definitely has to be the right place. That's gotta be Tommy." Ellie says as she and Alexis hear gunshots.
"And if it isn't?" Alexis asks as she looks at Ellie before shifting to wolf form.
"Well we'll deal with that when we come to it. Come on. Let's get moving." Ellie says as she and Alexis begin moving.
*Timeskip*
"Down here." Ellie says as she and Alexis drop from the ceiling through a hole onto the floor.
"Ouch." Alexis says as she raises her paw up slightly feeling it sting as she lands.
"You okay?" Ellie asks as she looks at Alexis.
"Yeah. Just not used to jumping into buildings from the ceiling." Alexis says.
"You'll get used to it. Took me a while too. Don't feel bad." Ellie says.
"I hear something." Alexis says as she perks her ears up before she and Ellie move toward an open window and listen as they see two men and a dog.
"We hold the perimeter until we hear otherwise. Keep an eye out in case he comes this way." A man says outside.
"Great. We got company and they aren't the friendly kind." Ellie says.
"Who are they?" Alexis asks.
"WLF soldiers. They're not exactly friends. Be ready for anything Alexis. You can't trust these guys." Ellie says.
"Hold on. I got something!" The other man says as he looks toward the building Alexis and Ellie are in after the dog barks.
"Shit! Come on Alexis!" Ellie says as she and Alexis start running toward a door and open it before closing it.
"That was close." Alexis says I relief as she shifts to human form.
"Tell me about it. Come on. We better find Tommy before they do." Ellie says.
"Good idea. With them around though it won't be easy." Alexis says as she looks at Ellie.
"When is it ever?" Ellie asks.
"Touche." Alexis says as she and Ellie walk off.
*Timeskip*
"Come on. Through here." Ellie says as she and Alexis start to walk through a door.
"Right." Alexis says before an infected comes running from the side and pins Ellie back against a table.
"Get the fuck off me!" Ellie shouts.
"Hold on!" Alexis shouts before she stabs the creature in the head with a knife.
"Thanks." Ellie says as she pushes the infected off.
"No problem. I got your back. Now what are you doing?" Alexis asks as Ellie goes over to the dead infected.
"Look. It's got a bow stuck in it. Probably when it died and it got attached to it as the fungus grew on its body. But it'll come in handy. Come on. Let's get going. This way." Ellie says as Alexis follows her through a window.
"Alright." Alexis says as she and Ellie head toward a fence and jump over it only to see more WLF soldiers.
"Oh fucking hell." Ellie says as she and Alexis hide in the grass.
"Hey! We got more tresspassers! Two girls! Did you see them?" A female WLF soldier asks as she runs over to a male soldier.
"No! But the fucking guy is nearby." The male soldier says.
"Shit!" The woman says.
"We're looking for three!" The male soldier says as other soldiers show up.
"The fuck's all that smoke?" The woman asks as her group sees smoke in the distance.
"He blew up one of our trucks." The man says.
"How'd you let that happen?" The woman asks.
"Just find them! I want those fucking trespassers." The man says angrily.
"Great." Ellie says annoyedly before some darks start barking.
"The dogs got something! It then! The girls!" The woman shouts as she and the others see Alexis and Ellie hiding in the grass.
"Oh shit! Run Alexis!" Ellie shouts as she and Alexis begin running.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Alexis says as she is following Ellie as they are getting chased.
"In here! Quick!" Ellie shouts as she and Alexis run into a building.
"We've got them surrounded! Close in!" The female soldier shouts as she and the others sound further away.
"Phew. I think we lost them." Ellie says as she and Alexis go out a window and drop into some tall grass.
"Good." Alexis says only for her and Ellie to get grabbed from behind as a person covers their mouths with their hands.
"Shh. Shh. Both of you calm down." The person says sounding like a boy before Ellie stops struggling causing the boy to let her and Alexis go.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Ellie asks as she and Alexis turn out to see a boy with black hair.
"You know this guy?" Alexis asks as she glares at the boy annoyedly.
"Yeah. This is Jesse. He was Dina's um friend before I was." Ellie says as she nods.
"Oh." Alexis says as she looks at Jesse.
"Jesse this is Alexis. She's a friend of mine. But what are you doing here?" Ellie says.
"Think I'd let you do this on your own?" Jesse says.
"Jesse..." Ellie says.
"Where's Dina?" Jesse asks.
"She's safe. She's just sick." Ellie says.
"What kind of sick?" Jesse asks.
"She's fine." Ellie says.
"But we won't be if we don't get moving. They're getting closer." Alexis says as hears soldiers nearby.
"Fan out! They went that way!" A soldier shouts as he and other soldiers spread out.
"There's a lot of them." Jesse says as he starts walking while limping.
"How hurt are you?" Ellie asks as she looks at Jesse.
"I'll be okay. Your friend's out there rushed me. No warning. No nothing." Jesse says as the group slowly keeps moving.
"Tell me you didn't come alone." Ellie says.
"Give me shit about it later." Jesse says as Ellie sighs.
"You're fucking idiot you know that right?" Ellie asks as the group moves over to a boarded up window and looks out one of the holes between the boards.
"Yeah. Alright. See that truck?" Jesse says as the group sees a truck that's being guarded by soldiers.
"You've got to be kidding." Alexis says as she looks at Jesse.
"That's your plan?" Ellie asks.
"We need to get some distance." Jesse says.
"Okay." Ellie says.
"You ready?" Jesse asks.
"Yeah. Be smart about it." Ellie says as she and Alexis watch Jesse take out the soldiers.
"Okay come on." Jesse says before Alexis and Ellie run over to him and the truck.
"Give it gas." Ellie says as the group gets inside the truck as Jesse begins having trouble getting it started.
"I am!" Jesse says before someone shoots the back window open as the group sees soldiers heading for them.
"Well give it more because we don't have any time left!" Alexis shouts as she and Ellie begin shooting at the soldiers.
"Jesse get us the fuck out of here!" Ellie shouts.
"I'm trying! Got it!" Jesse says as he gets the truck started with a rough take off before a truck comes out after the group as they begin fleeing while shooting at the other truck and it's soldiers before the the other truck crashes and causes a large group of infected to come running.
"Oh crap. We got infected! And there's a lot of them!" Alexis shouts in alarm.
"Jesse! Get us out of here and hurry!" Ellie shouts as Jesse gets the truck moving before a clicker jumps on the front of the truck trying to climb through the open front window before Alexis shoots it as Jesse drives the truck through some woods and into a large river as the truck goes under with the group inside it causing them to quickly get out of the truck and swim to the surface.
"That was nuts." Alexis says as the group swims to the shore.
"No kidding. You two okay?" Ellie asks.
"Never better." Jesse says.
"Apart from being water logged yeah I'm okay." Alexis says.
"Okay. I think we're in the clear. This way." Ellie says.
"Okay." Jesse says as the group gets going.
*Timeskip*
"Dina!" Ellie shouts as she knocks on the door of the theater before Dina opens the door and hugs her.
"Hey. Oh my gosh. Jesse." Dina says as she happily hugs Jesse.
"Hey Dina." Jesse says happily.
"Hey you okay?" Dina asks.
"Nothing a little sleep won't take care of." Jesse says.
"We should get inside." Ellie says.
"Yeah okay. How'd you get past Maria?" Dina asks.
"I had to sneak out. My friends problems are my problems. I heard you're sick?" Jesse asks as he looks at Dina.
"Oh it's uh... Just a stomach thing. Come on. Let's sit down." Dina says as she has Jesse sit down and begins tending to his injury before Alexis notices Ellie has disappeared.
